Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- I. THE D-STEM: A HISTORICAL SURVEY -- II. THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE D-STEM -- III. THE SEMANTIC DOMAIN OF THE D-STEM -- IV. THE USE OF THE D-STEM IN THE PENTATEUCH AND ITS TRANSLATIONS -- V. THE D-STEM IN BIBLICAL HEBREW -- VI. THE D-STEM IN QUR'ANIC ARABIC -- VII. THE D-STEM: ORIGIN AND FUNCTION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX